Class 5 GK Worksheet: Indian Dances and Art
Remember (Dance and its home): Classical: Kathak – Uttar Pradesh, Bharatanatyam – Tamil Nadu, Kathakali and Mohiniyattam – Kerala, Kuchipudi – Andhra Pradesh, Odissi – Odisha, Manipuri – Manipur, Sattriya – Assam. Folk: Bhangra and Giddha – Punjab, Garba and Dandiya Raas – Gujarat, Bihu – Assam, Lavani – Maharashtra, Ghoomar – Rajasthan, Yakshagana – Karnataka. Painting: Madhubani – Bihar, Warli – Maharashtra, Gond – Madhya Pradesh, Tanjore – Tamil Nadu, Kalighat – West Bengal, Phad – Rajasthan.
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- 1.🎨 Which state does Gond painting come from? (a) Maharashtra (b) Tamil Nadu (c) West Bengal (d) Madhya Pradesh
- 2.🎨 Which state does Tanjore painting come from? (a) Rajasthan (b) Madhya Pradesh (c) Tamil Nadu (d) Maharashtra
- 3.Which classical dance comes from Assam? (a) Manipuri (b) Sattriya (c) Odissi (d) Mohiniyattam
- 4.Which classical dance comes from Manipur? (a) Mohiniyattam (b) Odissi (c) Manipuri (d) Kathak
- 5.Which classical dance comes from Kerala? (a) Kuchipudi (b) Mohiniyattam (c) Bharatanatyam (d) Kathak
- 6.True or false: the classical dance Bharatanatyam comes from Tamil Nadu. (a) True (b) False
- 7.🎭 Is Sattriya a classical dance or a folk dance? (a) folk (b) classical
- 8.🥁 Which state does the folk dance Garba come from? (a) Karnataka (b) Maharashtra (c) Gujarat (d) Punjab
- 9.🥁 Which state does the folk dance Lavani come from? (a) Rajasthan (b) Karnataka (c) Punjab (d) Maharashtra
- 10.True or false: the classical dance Kathak comes from Assam. (a) False (b) True
- 11.🎭 Is Lavani a classical dance or a folk dance? (a) classical (b) folk
- 12.💃 Which state does the classical dance Odissi come from? (a) Assam (b) Odisha (c) Kerala (d) Tamil Nadu
- 13.🪔 A diya is a small lamp usually made of ___. (a) clay (b) paper (c) glass (d) plastic
- 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Kathakali (b) Sattriya (c) Garba (d) Kathak
- 15.Which folk dance comes from Rajasthan? (a) Bhangra (b) Ghoomar (c) Lavani (d) Dandiya Raas
- 16.🎭 Is Mohiniyattam a classical dance or a folk dance? (a) folk (b) classical
- 17.Which folk dance comes from Gujarat? (a) Bihu (b) Lavani (c) Bhangra (d) Dandiya Raas
- 18.💃 Which state does the classical dance Manipuri come from? (a) Manipur (b) Andhra Pradesh (c) Assam (d) Uttar Pradesh
- 19.True or false: the classical dance Kathak comes from Uttar Pradesh. (a) True (b) False
- 20.🎨 Which state does Madhubani painting come from? (a) Tamil Nadu (b) West Bengal (c) Madhya Pradesh (d) Bihar
- 21.Which painting style comes from Tamil Nadu? (a) Madhubani painting (b) Tanjore painting (c) Warli painting (d) Kalighat painting
- 22.🎨 Which state does Phad painting come from? (a) Rajasthan (b) West Bengal (c) Maharashtra (d) Madhya Pradesh
- 23.True or false: the classical dance Bharatanatyam comes from Kerala. (a) True (b) False
- 24.🎭 Is Garba a classical dance or a folk dance? (a) folk (b) classical
- 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Lavani (b) Kuchipudi (c) Sattriya (d) Odissi
- 26.Which painting style comes from Rajasthan? (a) Gond painting (b) Kalighat painting (c) Phad painting (d) Madhubani painting
- 27.💃 Which state does the classical dance Sattriya come from? (a) Andhra Pradesh (b) Kerala (c) Assam (d) Tamil Nadu
- 28.Which painting style comes from Madhya Pradesh? (a) Gond painting (b) Phad painting (c) Madhubani painting (d) Tanjore painting
- 29.Which folk dance comes from Karnataka? (a) Yakshagana (b) Lavani (c) Bhangra (d) Garba
- 30.🎨 Which state does Kalighat painting come from? (a) Tamil Nadu (b) Bihar (c) Maharashtra (d) West Bengal
- 31.Which folk dance comes from Punjab? (a) Bhangra (b) Yakshagana (c) Bihu (d) Garba
- 32.True or false: the classical dance Bharatanatyam comes from Andhra Pradesh. (a) True (b) False
- 33.Which folk dance comes from Assam? (a) Bhangra (b) Giddha (c) Yakshagana (d) Bihu
- 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Bhangra (b) Dandiya Raas (c) Lavani (d) Bharatanatyam
- 35.🎭 Which classical dance from Kerala is a dance-drama with green-painted faces? (a) Kathakali (b) Kathak (c) Manipuri (d) Odissi
- 36.💃 Which state does the classical dance Mohiniyattam come from? (a) Andhra Pradesh (b) Manipur (c) Kerala (d) Assam
- 37.🎭 Is Odissi a classical dance or a folk dance? (a) folk (b) classical
- 38.🎭 Is Ghoomar a classical dance or a folk dance? (a) classical (b) folk
- 39.True or false: the classical dance Manipuri comes from Manipur. (a) True (b) False
- 40.Which classical dance comes from Uttar Pradesh? (a) Manipuri (b) Kuchipudi (c) Sattriya (d) Kathak
Answer key
- Madhya Pradesh
- Tamil Nadu
- Sattriya
- Manipuri
- Mohiniyattam
- True
- classical
- Gujarat
- Maharashtra
- False
- folk
- Odisha
- clay
- Garba
- Ghoomar
- classical
- Dandiya Raas
- Manipur
- True
- Bihar
- Tanjore painting
- Rajasthan
- False
- folk
- Lavani
- Phad painting
- Assam
- Gond painting
- Yakshagana
- West Bengal
- Bhangra
- False
- Bihu
- Bharatanatyam
- Kathakali
- Kerala
- classical
- folk
- True
- Kathak
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